Shoe bag



April 16, 1935. E. e. GEBELEIN SHOE BAG Filed Jan. 17 1933 Patented Apr 16, 1 935 PATENT OFFICE SHOE BAG Ernest G. Gebelein, South Dartmouth, Mass, assignor to Eureka Manufacturing Company, In-- corporated, Taunton, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 17, 1933, Serial No. 652,154

-2 Claims. (Cl. 1501-) The present invention relates to shoe bags.

The object of the present invention is to provide a bag of neat form and appearance to hold and protect a pair of shoes and to permit con- 5 venient packing thereof for purposes of travel or storage.

To this end, the present invention comprises the shoe bag hereinafter described and particu-,

- larly defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of the preferred form of shoe bag according to the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The illustrated embodimentof the invention comprises a bag having a body consisting of a loopedpiece 4 of leather, fabric, or other suitable material, forming the front and rear sides and the top and bottom of the bag. The ends of the body or loop are joined by a top seam 6 into which a convenient carrying handle 8 of fabric covered cord is sewn.

Preferably the seam will be of the lapped type with the free edges turned inwardly and bound toprevent raveling and to stiffen the seam. The handle being sewn directly into"the seam is securely attached to the bag and the carrying strain is more or less evenly distributed by the seam across the middle of the bag.

In the front faceof the body or piece 4 is longitudinal opening or slit II) which may be closed by fastening means of any suitable type,

illustrated as a hookless fastener I2.

At each end of the bag there is attached an end piece I 4 of suitable material, such as leather or fabric, which is sewn to theloop 4 around its entire periphery. Where the material'of the bag is fabric, or other relatively soft material,

a lapped or piqu seam with overcast edges will be used in order to avoid raw edges-and to give.

a'neat and attractive-appearance, if a woven material, and also tostiifn the seams so that;

they will tend to hold the bag in shape.

Theend pieces l4 are preferably of the general shape of a shoe bottom with a heel portion l6 and a. toe portion It. It is not intended that each end piece conform exactly to the shape of 50 cessive bulging or unsightly folds or wrinkles.

In the preferred form of the invention, the end pieces l4 are reversed end forend with respect to one another, one having the heel portion l6 at the bottom of the bag and the other having the heel portion at the top of the bag, as illus- 6 trated in Fig. 1, so that the shoes, indicated at 20 and 22 by the dot-and-dash lines in Fig; 2, may be packed fitted together in a similar reversed relation.

. A longitudinal dividing flap 24 is sewn to the 10 inside of the rear face of the looped piece 4, along the middle thereof, to form two separate compartments for the shoes so that they cannot contact with each other. This flap is preferably ofsuch dimension as to fold more or less around 15 one of the shoes. r v

The bag may be fabricated of any suitable material, but preferably a soft textile-fabric willbe used, which will not injure the finish of the shoes and which'is sufficiently yielding to permit 20 convenient packing in a traveling bag.

Although the preferred form of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that the inventionis not to be considered as limited to this precise embodiment but 25 may be varied within the scope of the appended claims. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A shoe bag comprising a looped fabric piece having its ends sewn together, pieces of fabric forming the ends of the bag and being of a shape corresponding to the general contour of a shoe bottom, said pieces being reversed end for end, the looped piece having a longitudinal slit in one face, a dividing flap of fabric secured to the looped piece opposite to the slit, and fastening means for closing the slit.

2. A shoe bag comprising a looped fabric piece having its ends joined by a lapped, overcast seam, 40 a handle sewn into the seam, end pieces of fabric each of a shape corresponding to the general contour of a shoe bottom with a heel portion and a sole portioni the end pieces being attached to the looped piece with the heel por-- tion of one at the handle end of the bag and the heel portion of the other at the opposite end of the bag, and a protective dividing flap to separate the shoes.

' ERNEST G. GEBEIEIN. 

